There is a long-standing saying told about the people of the United States that is a sad reflection on our culture and education:What is a person who knows three languages? - trilingual. What is a person who knows two languages? - bilingual. What is a person who knows only one language? - American.
You can be the generation that turns this around so that we are not the target of a joke, but world-class leaders in communication! "Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem."
You live a new life for every new language you speak.
If you know only one language, you live only once.
(Czech proverb) It is said that the best and easiest time to learn another language is before you become an adult...but it's never too late!
Al salaam a'alaykum
(Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom) مرحبا
Aadaab
(Ah-DAAB)
Kalimera
(Kah-lee-MEH-rah) Καλημέρα
Guten Tag
(GOOT-en Tahk)
My name is...
or
I am ...
Wo-duh ming-d'zih ...
(Woh teh ming tsuh) 我的名字是
Me llamo ...
(May YAH-moh)
Mera naam hai
(MEH-ra nahm hi) मेरा नाम _है
Ismi ...
(ISS-mee)اسمي هو
Meraa naam ___ hay.
To honoma moo...
(Toh HO-no-MA MOO) το όνομά μου είναι
Ich heisse ...
(Ich HI-sah)
What is your name?
¿Cómo te llamas?
(Coh-moh tay YAH-mahs)
Nice to meet you.
Mucho gusto.
(Moo-choh GOOSE-toh)
How Are You?
¿Como Esta?
Alphabets
English Alphabet
26 letters, based on the Latin alphabet. Written from left to right. The most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. Evolved from a variety of the Greek alphabet, and was initially developed by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
Pinyin Written Chinesehas no alphabet.Currently the most commonly used system for translating spoken Mandarin is Pinyin. Based on characters (symbols representing words and ideas rather than sounds). Full literacy in the Chinese language requires a knowledge of approximately 3,000 - 4,000 characters :)
Hindi -Abugida Alphabet Devanāgarī script.
48 basic letters plus additional diacritics (similar to accent marks). Written from left to right. Does not have capital vs. lowercase letters. Can be recognized by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that connects them together.
Arabic Alphabet
28 basic letters. Written and read from right to left, in a cursive style.
The second-most widely used alphabet around the world.
Urdu Alphabet Nasta'liq script.
? # of letters. (Controversy over the total and correct number of letters in Urdu alphabet has been raging for over 200 years!) Written and read from right to left, it is a modification of the Persian and Arabic alphabets.
Greek Alphabet
24 letters.
Shows each vowel and consonant with a separate symbol. Descended from the Phoenician alphabet. Its letters are today used as symbols in mathematics and science, as names of stars, in the names of fraternities and sororities, and for other purposes.
*Note: Urdu, Greek, and German were chosen to list here because we have members of our wiki who are "experts" in these languages and they can share their knowledge with us. Chinese, Spanish, Hindi - Urdu, and Arabic were chosen because they are consistently listed in the top 5 future languages of the world. Eventhough we offer French as an Encore course at LDMS, I just couldn't fit it in the chart. (No offense Mrs. Gleason!)
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What is a person who knows two languages? - bilingual.
What is a person who knows only one language? - American.
You can be the generation that turns this around so that we are not the target of a joke, but world-class leaders in communication!
"Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem."
You live a new life for every new language you speak.
If you know only one language, you live only once.
(Czech proverb)
It is said that the best and easiest time to learn another language is before you become an adult...but it's never too late!
Languages
Hello!
orGood Day!
(Nee HaOW)
你好
(OH-lah)
(Nah-mah-STAY)
हैलो
(Ahl sah-LAHM ah ah-LAY-koom)
مرحبا
(Ah-DAAB)
(Kah-lee-MEH-rah)
Καλημέρα
(GOOT-en Tahk)
My name is...
orI am ...
(Woh teh ming tsuh)
我的名字是
(May YAH-moh)
(MEH-ra nahm hi)
मेरा नाम _है
(ISS-mee)اسمي هو
(Toh HO-no-MA MOO)
το όνομά μου είναι
(Ich HI-sah)
What is your name?
(Coh-moh tay YAH-mahs)
Nice to meet you.
(Moo-choh GOOSE-toh)
Alphabets
26 letters, based on the Latin alphabet. Written from left to right. The most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. Evolved from a variety of the Greek alphabet, and was initially developed by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.
Written Chinese has no alphabet. Currently the most commonly used system for translating spoken Mandarin is Pinyin. Based on characters (symbols representing words and ideas rather than sounds). Full literacy in the Chinese language requires a knowledge of approximately 3,000 - 4,000 characters :)
27 letters, based on the Latin alphabet with an additional letter, eñe (ñ). Although the letters (k) and (w) are part of the alphabet, they appear mostly in loanwords. Some letters are marked with accents (á, é, í, ó, ú, ü). Inverted question and exclamation marks (¿¡) are also used in writing.
Devanāgarī script.
48 basic letters plus additional diacritics (similar to accent marks). Written from left to right. Does not have capital vs. lowercase letters. Can be recognized by a distinctive horizontal line running along the tops of the letters that connects them together.
28 basic letters. Written and read from right to left, in a cursive style.
The second-most widely used alphabet around the world.
Nasta'liq script.
? # of letters. (Controversy over the total and correct number of letters in Urdu alphabet has been raging for over 200 years!) Written and read from right to left, it is a modification of the Persian and Arabic alphabets.
24 letters.
Shows each vowel and consonant with a separate symbol. Descended from the Phoenician alphabet. Its letters are today used as symbols in mathematics and science, as names of stars, in the names of fraternities and sororities, and for other purposes.
26 letters, based on the Latin alphabet. Additionally uses three letters with umlauts and one ligature: (ä, ö, ü ) ß (called eszett (sz) or scharfes S, sharp s)
*Note: Urdu, Greek, and German were chosen to list here because we have members of our wiki who are "experts" in these languages and they can share their knowledge with us. Chinese, Spanish, Hindi - Urdu, and Arabic were chosen because they are consistently listed in the top 5 future languages of the world. Eventhough we offer French as an Encore course at LDMS, I just couldn't fit it in the chart. (No offense Mrs. Gleason!)
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National Standards
From the National Standards for Foreign Language Education & The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign LanguagesReferences
http://www.vistawide.com/languages/top_30_languages.htm
http://www.usatoday.com/news/bythenumbers/2004-02-26-future-language_x.htm
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=7540
http://www.andaman.org/BOOK/reprints/weber/rep-weber.htm
http://www.ipl.org/div/hello/
http://www.iconspedia.com/
http://www.icondrawer.com
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hindi.htm
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